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Page 8The core of Jaina ethics is the doctrine of ahirnsa, or noninjury to all living
creatures. Jainism does not espouse ... used by both early Buddhists and Jainas
kara to refer to those who had achieved spiritual liberation. The founders of
Jainism ...

Page 12pilgrimage, famine relief, relief to Jaina widows and the poor, and maintaining
shelters (panjarapola) for old animals to ... in 1 970, organized charities to
promote the education of poor Jainas through founding the Mahavira Jaina
Vidyalaya ...

Page 14A great saint, thinker, and writer, Rajachandra was perhaps the greatest and the
best known Jaina layman of modern times, who believed more in practice than in
theory. Spiritually a very advanced soul, he was above narrow sectarian ...